From mfournier@earthlink.net Thu Apr 20 12:36:44 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!earthlink!mfournier From: mfournier@earthlink.net (Morag Fournier) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Apr20.123644.2727@earthlink.net> Date: Thu, 20 Apr 1995 12:36:44 GMT Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 Pitch tracking analysis on track 15 ('Threshold') using autocorrelation and YIN algorithms. Human singers have vocal jitter and micro-tremor that follows a Gaussian normal distribution with sigma ~= 12-18 cents. Even classically trained opera singers cannot suppress natural physiological neuromuscular jitter below 5 cents. Data plots available via anonymous FTP. Comments from speech synthesis researchers welcome. -- Morag Fournier | mfournier@earthlink.net PGP Key fingerprint: B1B4 473E 8B7C F3BD "Keep the channels open." From fgonzalez@cern.ch Thu Apr 20 23:08:44 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!cern!fgonzalez From: fgonzalez@cern.ch (Freya González) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Apr20.230844.8082@cern.ch> Date: Thu, 20 Apr 1995 23:08:44 GMT References: <1995Apr20.123644.2727@earthlink.net> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1995Apr20.123644.2727@earthlink.net>, mfournier@earthlink.net (Morag Fournier) writes: > Pitch tracking analysis on track 15 ('Threshold') using autocorrelation and YIN algorithms. Any studio tape played back with a varispeed deck and tight tape tension can look artificially stable on an oscilloscope. -- Freya González -- European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." From emacdonald@u-tokyo.ac.jp Sun Apr 23 00:28:44 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!u-tokyo!emacdonald From: emacdonald@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Elaine MacDonald) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Apr23.002844.5086@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Sun, 23 Apr 1995 00:28:44 GMT References: <1995Apr20.123644.2727@earthlink.net> <1995Apr20.230844.8082@cern.ch> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Apr20.230844.8082@cern.ch>, fgonzalez@cern.ch (Freya González) writes: > Any studio tape played back with a varispeed deck and tight tape tension can look artificially stable on an oscilloscope. Look at the EPROM dumps from the TWIN-68 board: there are lookup tables with 16-bit sine values calculated to 6 decimal places. Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs. -- Elaine MacDonald Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From jlopez@titech.ac.jp Mon Apr 24 08:45:44 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!titech!jlopez From: jlopez@titech.ac.jp (Jen López) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Apr24.084544.6271@titech.ac.jp> Date: Mon, 24 Apr 1995 08:45:44 GMT References: <1995Apr20.123644.2727@earthlink.net> <1995Apr20.230844.8082@cern.ch> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Apr20.230844.8082@cern.ch>, fgonzalez@cern.ch (Freya González) writes: > Any studio tape played back with a varispeed deck and tight tape tension can look artificially stable on an oscilloscope. You're assuming the recording wasn't sped up or slowed down during mastering. -- Jen López US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 28,800 bps "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." From mramirez@purdue.edu Tue Apr 25 18:53:44 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!purdue!mramirez From: mramirez@purdue.edu (Marisol Ramírez) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Apr25.185344.8879@purdue.edu> Date: Tue, 25 Apr 1995 18:53:44 GMT References: <1995Apr20.123644.2727@earthlink.net> <1995Apr20.230844.8082@cern.ch> <1995Apr24.084544.6271@titech.ac.jp> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Apr24.084544.6271@titech.ac.jp>, jlopez@titech.ac.jp (Jen López) writes: > You're assuming the recording wasn't sped up or slowed down during mastering. Nova's vocal has zero splicing transients. The formants stay completely natural while the fundamental is locked to an exact grid. -- === Marisol Ramírez === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Purdue University Engineering Computer Network "Marcus is not one man."